Basketane is a polycyclicalkane with the chemical formula C10H12. The name is taken from its structural similarity to a basket shape. Basketane was first synthesized in 1966, independently[1] by Masamune[2] and Dauben and Whalen.[3] A patent application published in 1988 used basketane, which is a hydrocarbon, as a source material in doping thin diamond layers because of the molecule's high vapor pressure, carbon ring structure, and fewer hydrogen-to-carbon bond ratio.[4]
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^Dauben, W. G.; Whalen, D. L. (1966). "Pentacyclo[4.4.0.02,5.03,8.04,7]decane and pentacyclo[4.3.0.02,5.03,8.04,7]nonane". Tetrahedron Lett. 7 (31): 3743–3750. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)99958-7.
^WO 1988002792, Pastor, Ricardo C., "Process for depositing layers of diamond", published 1988-04-21, assigned to Hughes Aircraft Co., since withdrawn.